Fashion Design & Product Development in Sri Lanka: Careers, Curriculum & Future Outlook

📘 Overview

Fashion Design & Product Development is the creative, design-led pathway into Sri Lanka's apparel industry, covering the full journey from fibre to finished product. Offered as a Bachelor of Design at the University of Moratuwa — established with consultancy from London College of Fashion — it blends design creativity with the technical and management skills the industry needs. It suits visually creative students who also enjoy the practical, commercial side of turning ideas into wearable, manufacturable products.

It earns a future-proof score of 7.3 because Sri Lanka's apparel sector is moving up the value chain toward design-led and own-brand work, raising demand for designers and product developers, though it remains a creative field tied to the industry's cycles.

📚 What You'll Study

Inaugurated in 2001, the programme combines studio-based design with product development across the textile and apparel value chain.

• Fashion design principles and creative studio practice
• Garment construction and pattern making
• Textile and material technology
• Product development from fibre to consumer
• Fashion illustration and computer-aided design (CAD)
• Trend forecasting and fashion marketing
• Apparel production, quality and industry training

⏳ Duration

This is typically a four-year Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) honours degree, including a design portfolio and industry training.

✅ Entry Requirements

This programme is open to applicants from any A/L stream, but has additional requirements:

• At least Simple (S) passes in any three subjects at the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) Examination.
• At least a Credit (C) pass in English, Mathematics and Science at the G.C.E. (Ordinary Level) Examination.
• Pass the Aptitude Test conducted by the University of Moratuwa.

Final selection also depends on your Z-score, which varies by university and district every year — check your eligibility with the free tool on findmydegree.lk.

🏛️ Where It's Offered

• University of Moratuwa — 79 seats

ℹ️ Entry requirements, seats and universities are sourced from official UGC data (2024/2025 A/L). Career and curriculum details are general guidance — confirm specifics with each university.